With new construction drying up in most areas and customers tightening their purse strings because of the economy, renovation work has become a growing part of landscape companies' business, nationwide. While that may mean smaller projects, many companies say it's also meant more steady work.
And since an update can be easier to sell than a complete replacement, landscape company owners seem to be embracing this growing part of their business. "In most markets, certainly ours, it's very rare to do a total redo on a landscape nowadays, even on an existing home," says Andrew Blanchford, president of Blanchford Landscape Contractors in Bozeman, Mont. "And new construction has really dried out. So it's been a natural transition to start doing more renovation work."
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